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It seems to be a rat snake of some kind that was killed on the road on our post someone care to take a stab at it

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My bet is a Diadem rat snake subspecies (Spalerosophis diadema spp.). Probably Cliffordi from the contrasting saddles.

Bryan
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Last night I was laying in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, "Where the hell is my ceiling?"

I agree with Bryan. It is cliffordii, a harmless colubrid, "Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles", by Leviton, Anderson, Adler, and Minton, 1992. That's a very cool snake, ratsnake-like constrictor. Any close-ups of the head would be appreciated.

Terry

pn
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

hey Terry and Brian. I study herps and worked with various species that is until I joined the army. I'm stationed in Iraq and have been seeing quite a bit of various herps. Identifying them has been quite fun I think im up to about 10 to 12 diffrent herps that ive seen but regretfully havent been able to photograph.(sometimes not approiate to be snappin off pics in a war zone) I thought that it would be nice to share what I can with fellow herpers. My favorite catch to date has got to be the sandfish ive not gotten to photograph yet but will.

I think some of us really appreciate seeing herps from that part of the world, which rarely happens for obvious reasons. There's another forum called, Field Collectors, I think, where you could post any of your pics, but you can post them all here, as far as I'm concerned. Let me know if you need any help posting, and good luck over there in Iraq. Hope you see lots of herps too.

Terry

>>hey Terry and Brian. I study herps and worked with various species that is until I joined the army. I'm stationed in Iraq and have been seeing quite a bit of various herps. Identifying them has been quite fun I think im up to about 10 to 12 diffrent herps that ive seen but regretfully havent been able to photograph.(sometimes not approiate to be snappin off pics in a war zone) I thought that it would be nice to share what I can with fellow herpers. My favorite catch to date has got to be the sandfish ive not gotten to photograph yet but will.

over there. My nephew just got back from a long tour in Iraq and we had a hell of a party to welcome him back. Keep safe and after you're finished with the two-legged-snake hunt you're on now you can come back and enjoy a carefree snake hunt back in the US. God bless and good luck

Best regards
John Firneno

>>over there. My nephew just got back from a long tour in Iraq and we had a hell of a party to welcome him back. Keep safe and after you're finished with the two-legged-snake hunt you're on now you can come back and enjoy a carefree snake hunt back in the US. God bless and good luck
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>>Best regards
>>John Firneno

Keep your head down and eyes and ears open at all times soldier. Thank you for your service.
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Like I said; I`m Gonna Getcha Good!

Awesome shot. Thanks for that photo. There's another pic in the photo gallery section of someone over in Iraq asking what species they have, which turns out to be a very nice looking, large Sand boa. Believe it was identified as a spotted sand boa, but not positive.
Thanks for your service bro, being in the reserves I spent about a month in Qatar and I looked myself for some snakes but never had any luck. Did see some of those big ugly camel spiders preserved in a jar. Yikes, I'll take snakes any day.

Steve

I was the one who caught the sand boa posted as well. We have various scorpions for the pourpose of species identification. We work along side a anthropoligist SP??? herps are present in stong numbers and its good to see. I thank you all for your blessings. Its nice to have. God bless you all as well.